#498BDB#498BDB

#498BDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.139 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#498BDB
RGB	rgb(73, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(213, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, 4.38, -47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 47.27, 275.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.037 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.139 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7618, 24.9937, 70.5234)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#498BDB #DB9949

analogous

#49D4DB #498BDB #5049DB

triadic

#498BDB #DB498B #8BDB49

tetradic

#498BDB #DB49D4 #DB9949 #49DB50

square

#498BDB #DB49D4 #DB9949 #49DB50

split-complementary

#498BDB #DB5049 #D4DB49

monochromatic

#1C4F8E #266CC1 #498BDB #7CACE5 #AFCCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#498BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#498BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #498BDB

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##498BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##498BDB	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6790DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #498bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.139 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace6',
    500: '#498bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #498bdb;
$custom-light: #8aace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#498bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.877,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63063,
    "c": 0.13875,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#498BDB

secondary

#DDC3A2

accent

#9C3EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #498BDB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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